Graphics

Vulkan Rendering

(Vulkan collab with Liam Tyler)

Using Liam's Progression engine-framework, we added support for a deferred rendering pipeline with directional shadow maps, SSAO, compressed specular and diffuse buffers, and octahedral encoding for normal maps in Vulkan.

Check out the detailed write-up and code here!

Rendering Optimization

(C++ collab with Liam Tyler)

Combined a spatial data structure (bounding-volume hierarchy) with view-frustum culling and level-of-detail switching to render 1,000,000 teapots (~2.5 billion triangles) at 60 frames per second.

Grass Animation

(C# Unity collab with Liam Tyler)

By using render textures, a displacement image can be generated to bend the grass away from the ball, making for realistic physical interactions between objects and the foliage.

Holographic Snowman

(C++, OpenGL/GLSL, OpenPose)

Combining the efforts of three skilled graphics students, a hologram was generated using the "Pepper's Ghost Illusion." A snowman was projected onto a holographic display, where it appeared to be floating in space. The snowman reacted to facial changes through a webcam, mimicking the user's smile.

Simple Raytracer 

(C++)

A multi-threaded raytracer that handles reflection, refraction, shadows, and supersampling, for spheres and tris. A parser was also written to load the models and environments to render.

Animated Character

(Blender)

Designed, modeled, rigged, textured, and animated a character using Blender, utilizing artistic principles of animation to achieve convincing "lifelike" behavior.